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Depends on the jurisdiction. I got a decent severence and was still eligible for unemployment in WA state USA.

To be fair, it’s really hard to get your hands on a human mummy to eat nowadays.

We’re fortunate our utility (Puget Sound Energy) will give us rebates for DIY improvements as well.

We installed a heat pump and got money back from the state and the feds.

It definitely makes sense to evaluate electricity costs. It’s unfortunately expensive to get a heat pump in some places.

Where we live, the Seattle metro area, it was a huge cost savings to get our heat pump.

Crunch the numbers and make sure it makes financial sense.

We love our heat pump!

We did a DIY install a few years ago. Cost about $4500 in total for a Bosch 18k BTU unit and everything needed to install it.

We got $900 back from the state (WA USA) and $2000 back from the feds. That brought our total out of pocket down to $1600.

We had electric resistive heat and no AC previously. Our heating bill went down by $50/month in the winter. It added maybe $10/month in the summer for air conditioning.

For our area, with mild winters and low electricity costs, it’s fucking amazing.

Glad to hear that old-school opioids are still being produced.

Agreed. It’s been common throughout history for people to live on only beer and water for a few weeks at a time.

I imagine you could survive at least a few months on doppelbock if you were in good health beforehand.

Diablo 2 Resurrected. Rolling a new character as Sony decided I needed to pay for online access to play my other character.

Fuck that. I only do single player. I’ll just make a new one!

Same here

Lots of great info here, commenting so I remember this thread!

It’s very tempting to shamash that button. Intelligence is lionized. It’s high praise to call someone a genius. I’d probably wait on any button pushing until I’m old enough to have some cognitive decline.

I’m no genius. I’m a bit above average intelligence. And I have to say, I’m not sure it’s done much to improve my overall happiness.

Like many gifts, it’s a double-edged sword. Having a higher capacity for language, problem solving, and memorization has done a lot to ostracize me for my peers over the years.